New Nicholsons Limited
Registered name: NEW NICHOLSONS LIMITED
Part of Nicholsons Trustee Limited groupNew Nicholsons Limited made £17.8m revenue and a £767k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
New Nicholsons Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £767k and 196 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £16.9m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.6m | −£12.5m | −£14.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4.3m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £273k | −£106k | −£609k |
| Profit before tax | £288k | −£97.2k | −£579k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | −£362k | −£767k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | −£362k | −£767k |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 195 | 196 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | −2.1% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 25.7% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.7k | £86.4k | £90.9k |
| Profit per employee | £847 | −£1.9k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.1% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼436.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲53.5% | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 196
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nicholsons Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- New Nicholsons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Nicholson Nurseries LimitedRev. £17.8m · Profit £166k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£767k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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